Water-tank.



a. T Homon. WATER mm.

APFlICATIO'l NLRB IAY II. III].

1,248,1 21 Patented Nov 27, 1911.

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in tlhe oounty o shave invente ore especially to water gage to show interfere with their uses and, accordingly i y P 1? United States -Patent No.

1177704 of'A pril 4,, 1916,-I have shown an tankimgroved; type of railway waterin em odying in its construction a eating chamber in the base of the tank'structure, I J with' a central. smoke flue and additional heatingflues'extending up through the Water in thestank, and the smokeflueflprojecb v in through theroof;

, such gage a herein illustrated has beend'esigned. more especlallywfor use with a tank other types of drawings in which I -Figure1 sa view the complete tank.

v railway pr ved fl a gag of such design and construction, although without departing from the spirit of the invention the float gage may be usedv with is M on supporting legs, 2, and. joined at its 'botbbm to a central Water legor cylinder,

3, which latter serves as an additional support-fonthe bottom oft-he tank; Within n theta k ma? tank embodying the general principles ofeonstruetionof the tank shown in my said prior patent is illustrated in the accompanyin'g drawingsshowing the use of m .improvedfioat gagein eonnectiqnthere Wlth, and the particular embodiment of tanks, as W111" appear a from I hereinafter and from the tering" tank with my' imused in connectiontherm with is illustrated in the accompanying 1 a view in axial section through the up r part of the tank, showing the com in plate oat ga e." i v j orizontal section on the line ee tvwarm air from the heatlngcham in the-baseof thextank into the'space abov thexwater and beneath -t'he roof. l'he eral features of "design {and lconstructio of i such a tank are illustrated and described in my said prior patent, and except in cone" bination with the, ;additional,partsherein, shown and described, 1 they are no .part of the present invention; T l

Referring nowrto-my 'lmproved float gage v a or water age and'related parts, 10 indicates f i a large oat, which mav be made of wood, having acircular opening throughits center to' receive the flue (Sand otheropenings' cor- I responding to the positions of the" heating] 1 ,flues 7, so that the float may slideup and" down in the tank with variations injthe v I v a depth of Water, guided upo the fiuesf6 "and 7. i Above-the roof of the tank theocen'ter smoke flue 6 is extended vupward by means of an additionallength of tube orpipe, 12,

andjupon the tube 12 there is placed a'lar e a sliding ball, l 5 flwhich is connected to t e float 10'by vert1cal rods,16, 16,'so"that the up and down movement of the float istranSr i ,mitted to the ballto indicate-at all, time the' relative height" of water in" the tank; For'the purpose of better guidingthe two rods 16min their up and down movement, a

collar, 20,is,fixed to the flue '6'imme'diately a a I 1 above the" roof of vthe tank withjjopenings" 'n elevation, Showing in it through which the rods extend.

It will be seen thereforethat 1n all posi- .7 tions ofthe vfloat '10 itis in immediate prox imity" to the smoke flue6 and' thejheatingfi flues 7 and therefore in the warmest I of'the water, and likewise thesliding all 15 is guided upjon thefiue'above theftank' 1 r so that it is atalltimes kept free fromin terfercnce by rain or snow freezing on' its ide-1 I claim as my invention:

1 1. The combination with a wreaths arty 3? F Q; :5 heating device, and'a flue extendihg u vvard float within the tank and infiroxiihitj to the flue, an indicator above the tank guided upon the flue, and means connecting the flqatto the indi togt transmit melitkif the fibril td tiie 'iir dlcator.

2. Thecombination with aawater tank a heatin device, and a flue extending u ward throng the tank and above the mo -,'of a float withinthe tank and guided upon the flue; an indicator above the tankandi lik'e guided upon the flue,,and meansfoom nectingv the Heat to the indicator to trans? mit the movement of "the float to the -indi-" cator;

7 throu a. The combination vv i'th a wat r tunnel heaifinidevioeand a flue extending upward g ,1 theatanki and aboveathe roof of a 05m (mitten when. esp 1i, beam-mime f fl dg ithiil the tank tea through the tankand above the r00 1 of a I surrounding the flue, anindicator above the tank having an openi through it and adapted to slide ove the tank, and a rod 0onnecthii the float to the indicator. th movei,"

' heatin device, a smoke flue extending 111p- 1 4 e cq mbinat ion with a water, tank, a

ward 0uzh-the1tank and above the roof and an additional heating flue extending upward through the waten in the tank, of a? ,float'mwithin the tankrhaving openin' thro ggh it adapting it .to slide; upon; e flues n indicator above the roof of the tank slidinglu nthe smoke flue, and a rod con neeting t eifioat tothe indicator. whereof, I have hereunto sub- SCI'i irRd 'iuy name this 30th day'of April 191; a GEORGE T HORTON. 

